<![CDATA[Jezebel: vmas]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: vmas]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/vmas http://jezebel.com/tag/vmas <![CDATA[Audio Leaks Of Obama Calling Kanye A "Jackass"]]> TMZ acquired audio of President Obama's off-the-record pre-interview discussion with CNBC's John Harwood about Kanyegate. At the link, Obama says, "I thought that was inappropriate... He's a jackass," then worries his comment will turn into another "fly thing." [TMZ, Politico]

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<![CDATA[Taylor Swift Was "Rattled" By Kanye At VMAs (Updated)]]> Taylor Swift was set to perform on The View today, but, considering what happened at Sunday night's VMAs, her appearance was expanded to include an interview on the couch, where she gave her reaction to it all.

Taylor doesn't seem to hold a big grudge, nor does she seem particularly wounded, but she did say that Kanye has not reached out to her personally...and that he's welcome to do so.

Update: Kanye just called her.

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<![CDATA[Pink: "Kanye West Is An Idiot, A Waste, And A Toolbox"]]> "And he's getting exactly what he wants right now. People are talking about him," Pink said, not mincing words this morning on Today, when Matt Lauer asked her about last night's events at the VMAs.





Pink Trashes Kanye And Sings 'Please Dont Leave Me' [ONTD]

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<![CDATA[Celebs React To Kanye At The VMAs]]> Today in Tweet Beat, celebs like Chris Brown, Pink, Katy Perry, Jenna Jameson, and Ricky Martin all turn to Twitter to weigh in on Kanye West's behavior at last night's VMAs.




























































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<![CDATA[Why Kanye Wasn't Invited to Obama's Health Care Speech]]> It was obvious during the inauguration that President Obama is a Beyonce fan, but even he wouldn't appreciate Kanye West's obnoxious VMA interjection. Clip at left. [YouTube]

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<![CDATA[The VMAs, In Which "V" Stood For Vagina]]> The MTV Video Music Awards always bring out some spectacular trainwrecks, but 2009's, at Radio City, was a vagina-showcasing, skintight, navel-plunging, transparent house of horrors that either said something really optimistic about the economy or foretold the end of days.



Philosophically speaking: where did Lady Gaga have to go, besides Elizabethan Papagena in community production of Phantom?


So we gotta ask...


Who wore it better?


If this is Jennifer Lopez's comeback, I'm confused about its direction.


The sad thing? Beyonce's slash and burn is sweet and demure in this company.


Whatever people think about Kanye stealing her thunder, Taylor Swift had already scored a total triumph: continuing her reign as best-dressed star under 25.


Alexa Chung, per usual, does her gothic Lolita hipster shtick, and pulls it off.


See, normally, you'd think, 'wow, Jade Cole looks like a preposterous 1991 hot mess.' But tonight? This was, like, the dress code.


Miranda Cosgrove demonstrates the finest in disco ball chic.


And Alicia Keys shoes its manifold creative possibilities...


Kristin Cavalleri, meanwhile, demonstrates the worst in disco ball chic.


Kristin may have The Hills, but this round goes to L.C.


Leighton Meester continues her case as a serious fashion player.


Stephanie Pratt's nightie doesn't seem that bad...and then you reach the shoes.
Apparently she's been walking through a Medieval marketplace?


Tyson Ritter's the frontman of All-American Rejects. Which really makes this too easy.


Whitney Port, now a designer with her own tent show, has obviously gotten too big not just for her britches, but for her bustier-crinoline-Chicago-costume.


Cassie's...getup brings to mind the immortal words of Heidi Klum: "This looks like I sewed it. And I can't sew."


In the 19th century, Whitby, North Yorkshire, was known for its fine-quality jet carving.


Nikki Hilton: your dress offends me. It is ugly and, worse, it is boring. I think disappointing me is punishment enough.


Isn't Amber Rose's outfit elegant and beautiful?


In case you're not sure, here's a back view!


Normally I don't love cape-backs, but Amerie's mini is starting to look really good right about now.


Keri Hilson should really overcome her inhibitions.


Rose Byrne totally wears this oversized floral - not easy, to which many a starlet can attest.


Solange Knowles' scrollwork mini is one of the few actual fashion risks on this R.C.


I'd look sullen too, if my boob was coated in industrial-strength epoxy and I knew in a few hours I had to rip it off.


As Adrienne Bailon proves, two wrongs never, ever make a right.


[Images via Getty]

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<![CDATA[Live Blog: 2009 VMAs]]> Janet Jackson performing in the Michael Jackson tribute that will open the 2009 VMAs is probably the most anticipated performance of the night, but we'll stick around for the rest of the 110 minutes to live blog.



11:34 OK, the Michael Jackson movie looks amazing.

11:30 From the trenches:





11:28 I'd be annoyed if my husband didn't show up until the last 10 minutes of an award show where I won Video of the Year. Just sayin'.

11:23 From the trenches:


11:16 Aw, Beyoncé is nice.


11:07 She wears her heart on her teet.


11:03 For God and for the gays (obvs).


10:56 From the trenches:








10:44 When did Eminem turn into DJ Qualls?


10:40 From the trenches:


10:38 I'm old. Who is Muse?

10:33 Snap! Kanye got booed!

10:26 I'm not into B's Hooters tights.


10:22 Solange is not having it.


10:08 Green Day = Wine Refill Time.

10:07 BTW, you can watch the Kanye/Tyalor thing here.

10:06 God, I hope Beyoncé doesn't get shut out this year.

9:57 I'm really into Lady Gaga's professionalism. She didn't even flinch with the fake blood in her eye.


9:50 Look at how her face fell after Kanye dissed her.








9:46 I feel bad that Taylor Swift had to follow up that scene with a live performance.

9:30 Beyoncé looked embarrassed.


9:23 While I agree with him to an extent, it was still really mean. Taylor Swift is a fucking teenager and he just killed her moment.

9:22 Kanye West is such a dick.

9:18 The crowd isn't really digging Russell's dick jokes, huh?

9:16 Cyborg couture.


9:15 You know he loooooves that he was named second right after Madonna as far as big stars in the room. P.S. I solved this maze on a place mat at McDonald's years ago.


9:11 Janet's voice sounded really weird.

9:10 Surgical masks! Brilliant touch.


9:09 These dancers are blowing my mind, and then the technical difficulty of not attaching this guy to his rope kind of ruined it. It looks like the guy behind him is about to eat some ass.


9:07 So glad that they opened with "Thriller," and that it contained the portion where Vincent Price says, "Y'all's neighborhood." This dancer's are great.

9:04 I love that everyone is so solemn and then there's Lady Gaga in the background.


9:02 Ugh, is Pete Wentz praying!?


9:00 Madonna totally wrote this speech herself. She's an asshole, though. "I have more to say than that…"

8:55 Beyoncé looks like when Valerie Cherish wore her dress backwards to the People's Choice awards.



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<![CDATA[Kanye West Is Such A Dick]]> There was no reason for Kanye West to get involved and tell us something we already knew. Update: Kanye has now "apologized".

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<![CDATA[Loose Lips]]> Jordin Sparks gives a half-hearted apology for calling all non-promise ring wearers "sluts" at the VMAs. “I wish I would’ve worded it differently — that somebody who doesn’t wear a promise ring isn’t necessarily a slut — but I can’t take it back now. It was a split-second thing, and it came out kind of wrong,” the American Idol said. Yeah she sounds really sorry. Not! • John Mayer is allegedly back together with the waitress, Maria Marin, he was dating before he started seeing Jennifer Aniston. Yawn, we are so over the activities of John Mayer's wenis. • Ruh roh! Kim Kardashian was pulled over for speeding in a school zone. Watch those traffic signs, Kimmy! [The Sun, The Sun, TMZ]

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<![CDATA[MTV VMAs: 70 Seconds Worth Watching]]> God, the VMAs were beyond boring this year. Even the people in the live audience didn't want to be there. You know it's bad when Jamie Foxx has to come out on stage and literally tell people to wake up. I think the show's producers were hoping they'd be credited for introducing Russell Brand to America, hoping he'd be the new Borat. Except, he sucked, so he's actually the new Yahoo Serious. Nice knowin' ya, Russell! And you know, not that I really care about how the award winners are determined, or that I even give any credence to the legitimacy of these things, but how fucking bullshit was it that Britney walked away with all three awards that she was nominated for, just so that MTV could get her to show up? Anyway, above you'll find the awards boiled down to the only 70 seconds worth seeing.

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<![CDATA[Fasten Your Seatbelts: It Was A Bumpy Night For VMA Fashion]]> You could certainly argue that the fashions on view at New York's Fashion Week right now aren't all Sublime. But no one — no one! — could claim that what walked down the MTV Video Music Awards red carpet last night at Hollywood's Paramount Pictures Studios was not Ridiculous. Yeah, you expect the VMAs to bring it, grotesqueness-wise, but even given their own high standards, they outdid themselves. Katy Perry (left) kissed a girl, wore a bathing suit; Christina Aguilera cleared up any misconceptions about her taste level; several gents channeled Professor Harold Hill, and anyone who could show breasts, did — especially when they could do so in booties! The Good, the Really Bad, the Seriously Ugly — after the jump.







The Good:
Ciara's classic lame sheath is truly glam. The hair? Confusing.
The "maternity effect" is when customarily suspect red carpet attendees magically look 100% better once pregnant. See: Ashlee Simpson!
Taylor Swift's frock is slightly "SATC-intro" but she looks adorable.
Seeing as it's the VMAs, and seeing as it's Pink, this pirate-stripe gown is just fun.
Yes, Kristen Stewart's hair is slightly jacked. But the little sweater dress is cute!



The Bad:

Christina Aguilera's all, 'don't worry, I haven't really gotten classy and responsible! I'm still here!'
See, you wouldn't think Heidi Montag's monstrous shoes could look any worse...
And then you see them with Keri Hilson's um, "ensemble."
If there is an excuse for Steven 'Kojo' Cojocaru's Tom Wolfe look, he forgot the note.
LiLo seems to forget, again, that she is a beautiful young girl.
Rihanna channels 1985 gladiator.
Tila Tequila's job interview look.
Ashley Tisdale's spangled number looks labor-intensive, sparkly, ugly.
In Nicky Hilton's defense, the shoes are inoffensive.
It is hard to see breasts publicly maltreated, as Audrina Partridge does here.
The proportions of Miss USA Tara Connor's dress are seriously unflattering. At least her shoes are beautiful. (I kid!)
What Lady Victoria Hervey's dress lacks in beauty, it makes up for with everything else in the world.


The Ugly:
Why yes, that IS Perez Hilton in an ill-fitting three-piece check suit!

Images via Getty

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<![CDATA[Britney Wins MTV Award For Just Showing Up, Not Tripping]]>

  • Britney showed up at the MTV awards. And talked. And somehow won a few. Then Russell Brand made jokes about promise rings and George Bush. [E!]
  • Jordin Sparks defended purity rings and some people in the crowd cheered. MTV used to be edgy and subversive, right? [People]
  • Schlocky tabloid paper News Of The World is reporting that Lindsay Lohan wants to have a baby and raise the kid with Sam Ronson. LL apparently wants one of her ex-boyfriends to be the baby daddy. [News.com.au]
  • No money for old men? Tommy Lee Jones is suing Paramount Pictures, claiming he was promised "significant box-office bonuses" from No Country for Old Men, which made more than $160 million. [USA Today]
  • Cancer survivors Christina Applegate, Patrick Swayze, Sheryl Crowe and Lance Armstrong were part of the one-hour Stand Up To Cancer special on TV Friday night. [Reuters]
  • "It’s hard to talk about work without talking about things that are personal. Work is personal. I don’t want to talk about my personal life, but it’s on my mind, and it’s in my work." — Michelle Williams, in a rare interview. She also says: "I’m going to take a year off. I think I stopped feeling creative a while ago, and I’m just realizing it now." And: "I’ve always identified with loners and outcasts, I don’t know why. I guess this is why I found a home in independent film. I wanted to work outside the system, which is why all this fame is a real brain teaser. What am I supposed to do with it? Can you work the system without it working you?" [NY Times]
  • Madonna's Sticky & Sweet tour hit Rome and Her Madgesty said: "I dedicate this song to the pope, because I'm a child of God. All of you are also children of God." Then she sang "Like A Virgin." [Reuters]
  • Ellen talks about her wedding! Newsweek asks, "What's the difference between a gay wedding and a straight one?" Ellen says: "Well, the food is gay. The water is gay. There's a gay vibe." And: "I cried when I saw her, because we didn't want to see our outfits beforehand. Actually, I could cry right now thinking about it. I never thought I would have that experience of getting married. I didn't think I was missing anything. I just didn't think about it. But to see her for the first time and to cut a wedding cake, that was surreal for me and I got to experience that with our families around us. I didn't realize how special it was until I did it." [Newsweek]
  • Beyoncé: Seen wearing a gigantic, 18 carat flawless diamond valued at more than $5 million dollars. It's apparently a wedding ring from her "secret" marriage to Jay-Z. But yeah, it's huge, look at the picture. [People]
  • Gary Coleman hit a man with his truck outside a Utah bowling alley. Was the guy harassing Gary and his wife? Or was Gary drunk? More info to come! [E!]
  • David Beckham is well-endowed. In the pants. [The Sun]
  • People are loving Daniel Radcliffe in Equus, including that infamous nude scene. [People]
  • This Angelina Jolie doll, created by artist Noel Cruz, looks so much like Angie it's scary. Someone paid £2,000 for it on eBay and has the option of having tattoos added for an additional fee. Brad Pitt not included. [The Sun]
  • Poor Brad never gets any sleep, but his kids make him laugh. [People]
  • Is Pamela Anderson secretly seeing a member of the Royal Family of Dubai? [Global Voices]
  • Remember Sam Lufti? Apparently in Lynne Spears' new book, she writes that he threatened Britney's life. Sam allegedly said to Lynne: "If you try to get rid of me, she'll be dead and I'll (expletive) on her grave." [UPI]
  • Chris Brown has written a couple of songs for Britney. Whether she'll sing them is another story. [AP]
  • The Florida Federation of Republican Women says they are boycotting Oprah's show and magazine because she's not having Sarah Palin as a guest on her program. Should Oprah feel like she has to give equal time? She's an Obama supporter and says: "At the beginning of this presidential campaign when I decided that I was going to take my first public stance in support of a candidate, I made the decision not to use my show as a (platform) for any of the candidates." [UPI]
  • In 1998, Tom Cruise's wife was in a Broadway play. It's 2008 and Tom Cruise's wife is in a Broadway play! But Katie Holmes' part is not like Nicole Kidman's was. For starters, Katie isn't naked. [NY Times]
  • Get your motors running: Prince William and Prince Harry will go on a motorcycle ride through Africa to raise money for orphans and AIDS victims. The 1,000 mile ride across South Africa and Lesotho is almost entirely off-road and the temperature will be around 104°. Hardcore! [Telegraph]
  • Are Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson expecting twins? [Yahoo News]
  • Amy Winehouse performed on the Isle of Wight on Saturday and her show was "patchy," with some fans walking away before it was over. Maybe she needs a long vacation? [The Sun]
  • Noel Gallagher was tackled to the ground by a fan on stage in Canada, and yes, there is video. [BBC News]
  • Brooke Shields is mildly funny in the commercial for the new VW minivan. [USA Today]
  • Posh dining? Victoria Beckham and TV chef Gordon Ramsay are opening a traditional English restaurant in L.A. [Mirror]
  • Headline of the day: "'Heather Mills Is A Bitch Who Tricked Me Into Spreading Lies About Paul McCartney,' Claims Her Ex-Hollywood PR." [Daily Mail]
  • Also: Seems like Heather Mills promised a bunch of cash to the Adopt-A-Minefield charity — which helps clear mines from former war zones — and hasn't delivered. [The Sun]
  • Emma Watson has bought a £1 million ski chalet in France. Now that she is 18, she can spend that Harry Potter and Chanel money! [The Sun]
  • Jennifer Aniston says working on 30 Rock was "awesome — really, really fun." [ET]
  • Coco Sumner, daughter of Sting and Trudie Styler, showed up at a movie premiere with her hair half shaved and part of an eyebrow missing. "Me and my mates were really stoned and thought it would be fun to shave our heads," she says. "My mum flipped when she saw me." [Mirror]
  • Jessica Simpson debuted at the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday night. One viewer said: "I think she should have put some clothes on." There's video if you want to see her boobalicious outfit. [People]
  • There's lots of Spider-Man 4 buzz, but Tobey Maguire is not a lock. Yet. [Yahoo News]
  • Lily Allen's friend who was kidnapped was rescued just minutes before he was going to be executed. [Mirror]
  • Thandie Newton prepared to play Condi Rice in Oliver Stone's new movie W by reading as much as she could. "I had two things going on: reading about this young woman, and the incredible story of the Bush administration. This gigantic beast, this machine and how it was cranking toward war. I wanted to become drunk with knowledge." [Times Of London]
  • Kirsten Dunst may play the late singer Eva Cassidy in a movie by Robert Redford's daughter Amy. [The Sun]
  • Singer Estelle thinks it's okay that Kanye West is a little egotistical. "I think more people should follow him, and be more cocky and more proud of their work." Kanye probably replied: YES!!!!!!!!! [E!]
  • Sadie Frost and her friends drank £50k of champagne in one evening. How much Advil did they need the next day? [Mirror]
  • The buzz, heh, on The Secret Life Of Bees, starring Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo and Jennifer Hudson, is "very, very good." Roger Friedman says: "It’s a beautifully balanced, extremely nuanced drama that never gets overly sentimental." [Fox 411]
  • Even though Joe Francis has a tax-dodging trial pending, a federal judge says he's allowed to be on the new season of Celebrity Apprentice. But! He won't be on Celebrity Apprentice because he's doing some other Donald Trump project instead. [E!]
  • Janet Jackson got emotional while picking up a BMI Urban Award with her brothers (but not Michael) on Thursday night. [People]
  • Shelley Malil, who played a dude named Haziz in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, was charged Friday with burglary and assault with a deadly weapon. He's been in jail since August 11 on attempted murder charges for stabbing his ex-girlfriend with two knives (while chasing her around her home as her two kids slept). [CNN]
  • Spike Lee is working on a sequel to the Clive Owen/Denzel Washington crime drama Inside Man. [UPI]
  • Tiger Woods has this estate in Florida and the average water usage is 10,000 gallons a month. He's almost in the top 25 water guzzlers in Orange County, Florida. But doesn't he like, travel a lot? Where is all the water going? Hopefully not sprinklers for grassy putting greens. [TMZ]
  • Olivia Newton-John celebrated her third wedding anniversary with a third wedding ceremony. [Sydney Morning Herald]
  • Mickey Rourke is in a low-budget picture called The Wrestler and he won the coveted Golden Lion award for best movie at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday. [Reuters]
  • RIP silent film star Anita Page, who worked with Buster Keaton, Lon Chaney and Joan Crawford. [BBC News]
  • "When my wife's working and I've got time off, I'm just Mr. Mom during the day, taking care of the little girl." — Keith Urban. [UPI]
  • "My apologies to the cast and crews of My Name Is Earl and Scrubs. In my frustration with NBC's reprehensible promotion of 30 Rock, I took an unfortunate swipe at both of those shows and that was not cool. But, for Earl's creator, Greg Garcia, who referred to me as a 'psychotic,' I have only one question. Why are you Scientologists always rendering these medical opinions you aren't qualified to give?" — Alec Baldwin. [Perez Hilton]
  • "I fly economy. I do often fly first class, but I don't travel with a posse, or bodyguard, or an assistant. I use other people's infrastructure. For instance, I am going to address the AARP convention in Washington, D.C. I will fly first class to New York on AARP's dime, get into a town car, stay not in a grand suite, but a nice hotel room. I don't pretend to be poor, but somewhere in the middle is O.K." — Gene Simmons. [BusinessWeek]
  • "I could never be as successful as the Spice Girls – there were five of us in that group, and alone you can only do so much. But it’s nice to be able to have a go. I’ll have a new album out by January. I don’t get nervous about how it will do or feel pressure to have massive success. I believe in what I do and if people like it, great, and if they don’t then, whatever. The highlight of my career was the girls coming back together and deciding to do a goodbye tour… My jaw was aching for weeks when we first got back on stage, I couldn’t stop smiling." —Melanie "Scary Spice" Brown. [Mirror]
  • "I'm single and crush-less… Like Hugh Hefner in his blonde phase, I’m in my European passport-holding era; American men need not apply." — Dita Von Teese. [Daily Express]
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<![CDATA[Breaking: Britney Spears Will Be Opening The 2008 VMAs]]> We just received a press release from MTV announcing that Britney Spears will be opening the 2008 VMAs, and that it is an opening not to be missed. However, it will not be a performance. (A sign that she's finally making some good decisions.) Brit is nominated for three awards this year, which brings her up to a total of 19 VMA nominations in her career, with no wins so far. So what do you think the big opening will entail? She's already appeared with two broke creeps (Kevin Federline, Michael Jackson), and writhed around with two leathery creatures (that snake, Madonna). What more could there be?

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<![CDATA[Live, From New York: It's Michael Phelps]]>

  • Michael Phelps will host the season premiere of Saturday Night Live. Um, swimming skits? Will you watch if he's not bare-chested? Just asking. [Yahoo News]
  • Lindsay Lohan responds to the stuff her dad's been saying: "He’s out of control. I want him to stop hurting and talking to the media about the people I love." [Perez Hilton]
  • Sam Ronson responds to LL's dad too: "i really don't want to say anything because i feel like he wins- he, being the man who is so desperate for attention that he goes to the media whenever possible… i am not the reason that he has no contact with his daughter… i feel no need to publicly defend my role in lindsay's life… i'm just sorry that she likes me more than him… i'm not the one that is so lost that i need to use my relationship with lindsay to earn a living…" There's more! [Perez Hilton]
  • Hilary Duff's dad was sentenced to 10 days in jail for contempt of court for violating a court order that prohibited him from selling off assets without the consent of his estranged wife, Susan. Susan was requesting $25,000 to celebrate Hilary's 21st birthday (9/28), and pretty much calling Bob Duff a deadbeat dad for not paying up. On one hand, surely Hilary has her own cash? On the other hand, a father has to do what a father is legally obligated to do. He was taken from the courtroom in handcuffs… [Yahoo News]
  • No Britney at the MTV Awards? "Contrary to media reports, Britney was never slated to perform on this year's VMAs," Brit's manager, Larry Rudolph, says. "She's in the middle of recording her next album, which is going amazingly well, and her focus remains on the studio." So why was she in the commercials with Russell Brand and an elephant? Is this an elaborate ruse? [AP]
  • Ladies, listen up: Gerard Butler likes women to make the first move. "I am for equal opportunities. Why should it be the guy's job to kiss? If a woman wants to kiss she should totally do that. I think it is awesome when women take the lead. I love that idea." Oh and click the link to see a very nice (and by nice I mean shirtless) pic. [ONTD]
  • Woody Allen had dinner with Jennifer Aniston. Could she replace Scarlett Johansson as his new film muse? [Yahoo News]
  • Solange Knowles: "I have to say, that was not a very professional introduction before. Please don’t tie me into family and my brother-in-law’s establishment." News anchor: "That wasn't live, Solange. That wasn't on live TV." Yes, there is video. [Just Jared]
  • Kate Moss naked in Interview magazine. [The.Life Files]
  • Britney may not be at the MTV awards, but Katy Perry will be. And MTV producers are looking for a lady she can kiss while she sings, "I Kissed A Girl." They want Lindsay Lohan. Think it's gonna happen? [E!]
  • Salma Hayek's ex-fiancé and baby daddy, billionaire heir François-Henri Pinault, has a new ladyfriend, equestrian Virginie Couperie. Here are pictures of them enjoying a "saucy holiday romp in Tuscany." The ONTD commenters have proclaimed Virginie a "downgrade." [Rush & Molloy]
  • Naomi Campbell's beau, Russian billionaire Vladimir Doronin dropped $18.5 million on a penthouse apartment for Naomi in Sao Paolo. She's thinking of settling down in Brazil. [Page Six]
  • So you know how there's a transgender contestant this cycle on America's Next Top Model? Janice Dickinson says: "I did it on my show first with Claudia (Charriez). But you know what? There’s not going to be a moment where Tyra’s not going to knock me off, so I’m not bothered by her." [MSNBC]
  • Bonnie Hunt says her new show will be "full of humor and definitely accessibility, curiosity and spontaneity." She also says: "It's not so much celebrating other people's bad moments in daytime television, which has been a trend for a long time, but almost celebrating what really makes us laugh, what makes us feel very human and normal at the top of who we are, not necessarily at the bottom of who we are." [Reuters]
  • Ben Affleck's been texting buddy/new dad Matt Damon from the DNC and Matt and his wife are "thrilled" about their new daughter, FYI. [People]
  • Some dude has rammed his car into the gates of the Playboy Mansion twice in the last two weeks, according to the LAPD. Think he's trying to get to the grotto? [LA Times]
  • Suge Knight was arrested and charged with assault after punching his girlfriend and pulling a knife on her. Death Row, indeed. [Reuters]
  • Tori Spelling may not be appearing on the new 90210, but what about 42-year-old Luke Perry? The new ladies in the cast say: "Oh. My. God. I love Dylan McKay" and "Are you kidding me? He's an amazing-looking man. Sexy!" Oh, and in unrelated news, new 9er AnnaLynne McCord, who played Eden on Nip/Tuck likes guns. "My birthday is next week and I'm getting the 380 Ruger and a .38 revolver." [Yahoo News]
  • Oh, and the new 90210 might be pretty racy. Shannen Doherty says: "All I know is there's a girl giving a guy a blow job in the first episode." Doherty and Jennie Garth both dish in this interview. [EW, ONTD]
  • A retired sheriff allegedly broke into Chris Cornell's home, wandered from room to room and urinated in a corner. He was hired by Cornell's ex-wife as a process server. Talk about pissed off. [TMZ]
  • Relations between Madonna and Elton John have been frosty since he accused her of lip-syncing four years ago. But! He went to her concert in Nice last night and they totes made up and are homies again, though Elton cracked, "I'll be found dead of uranium poisoning in three days." [Mirror]
  • Russell Simmons told his yoga teacher her classes had gotten too easy and were for "pussies," so she amped it up; he was seen collapsing into the fetal position. [Page Six]
  • Kate Moss's neighbors are in a spot of bother about a large crack that has appeared in the wall bordering her back garden. The wall could collapse, etc. Also, the paper just wanted to make "Kate Moss Crack Problem" jokes. [Mirror]
  • Jerry Seinfeld's lawyers read papers in court yesterday claiming that Jerry did not slander the woman who accused his wife of ripping off her cookbook. He was just trying to get laughs, mocking frivolous lawsuits. His lawyers are trying to get the defamation suit against him tossed out; Jerry called author Missy Chase Lapine a "wacko" and "mentally unhinged celebrity stalker." [NY Post]
  • Paul McCartney will perform in Israel for the first time, more than 40 years after the Beatles were blocked from giving a concert in the country. [Reuters]
  • Steve Foley, who played drums with the Replacements, has died. He was 49. He accidentally overdosed on prescription medication. [Reuters]
  • Neil Diamond performed earlier this week and his voice was raspy, so he's offering the audience at the Ohio concert a refund. Build me up, buttercup! [Reuters]
  • A toxicology test has been ordered in the death of Dr. Dre's son. [People]
  • "I haven't had this much fun since my ex-mother-in-law fell in a well" — Janice Dickinson, as she danced with models, celebrating the new season of her show. [Page Six]
  • "I'm no Meryl Streep." — Kim Kardashian. [USA Today]
  • "Just be polite. Listen to them and give them anything they want. You can't go wrong." Pete Doherty on picking up chicks. [Mirror]
  • "[Miley Cyrus] is just a little too tarty, forgive me. I don’t want her to look like she’s going into a convent school, but it’s just a little too much for a 15-year-old. If I didn’t know better, I’d swear she was 25." — Tim Gunn. [MNSBC]
  • "I couldn't do what Brad and Angie are doing. I wouldn't have the patience or dedication you need to take care of a family. I admire those qualities in other people but it's not for me. I'm doing exactly what I want to. I hang out with the same friends, I spend time in Italy, and then I go back to work. I try not to worry about anything else." — George Clooney. [Mirror]
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<![CDATA[Kanye West Loses His Shit After Losing At The VMAs]]>
The clip above is more of an audio file than a video, as it was obviously taken on the sly backstage at the VMAs. Kanye West is bugging out because he didn't win any awards that night, for the second year in a row, and threw a complete hissy fit. (Oh yeah, they were giving out awards. We vaguely remember something like that going on in between the trainwrecks and fistfights.) Anyway, even Kanye had "Britney Fucking Spears" on the brain during his meltdown. That girl is so ubiquitous right now.

RAW VIDEO: Kanye West's Backstage Meltdown! [YouTube]

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<![CDATA[Still-Life With Britney Spears: It's The VMAs, Bitch]]>
This is how the MTV Video Music Awards opened last night: A shot of Britney Spears' wack-ass extensions. Fuck lady basketball players, this is what a nappy-headed ho looks like. But seriously, how fucking boring was she? Not the least bit animated. Anna was like, "Yeah, Britney totally phoned that one in." But really the whole show was boring, and I couldn't even be arsed to put a clip together, especially since the whole thing is online anyway. However, there's plenty to mock in screen-shot form, after the jump, natch.

Alls I can say about this is at least she remembered to put both contacts in this time:
briteyes.jpgOh, and what happened to the aspect of the performance that Criss Angel was helping Brit with? Wasn't she supposed to disappear and reappear or some shit? I'm thinking that maybe the illusion he played on us was having other, normally thin female performers look thick by comparison.

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Hmm...I thought black was supposed to be slimming. But anyway, I thought that Britney's body didn't look bad, it's just different from what it was. And she needs to learn how to start dressing accordingly. For instance, perhaps a diamante bra and panty set aren't really what you should be wearing on national television after you've had two kids and several bags of Cheetos.
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She looked like a Rock of Love contestant. Oh, and if you were wondering, this is what Fiddy thought of that display:
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And while we're on Curtis, wouldn't the show have been a million bajillion times better if they had kissed:
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But all cynicism aside, I really did wish I was in that Fantasy High Suite where Kanye was performing. It looked like so much fun. I know I would've looked just as dorky as the other white kids dancing in the background, but whatevs.
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Hey, if anyone wants to know what my mom looks like, it's very similar to this:
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For real, WTF? Actually, I'll spell it out: WHAT THE FUCK? Dodai IM'd me and was like, "Hello? Melanie Griffith?"

Oh, and this moron got a speaking part, Miss South Carolina Teen USA. She was reading off the teleprompter and she still fucked it up. I guess it's nice to know that we can always depend on her for a laugh:
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Am I the only one that thought it was wildly inappropriate for Chris Brown to dance like Michael Jackson and then beckon two little boys to gyrate next to him?
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Not necessarily as inappropriate as this, which, needless to say, was just about my favorite thing ever done:
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And last by certainly not least, WTF is Dr. Dre taking? Remember that episode of Arrested Development when George Michael Bluth was wearing that muscle costume under his clothes? That's what this looks like. For real, when did this happen?
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